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For Immediate Release:
Date: October 30, 2025
Media Contact:
Rafael Bernal | Rafael.Bernal@mail.house.gov | 202-841-4844
Washington, D.C. -- Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) blasted immigration raids in American cities as "urban warfare." When asked if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should still exist, Espaillat replied:
For Immediate Release:
Date: October 24, 2025
Media Contact:
Rafael Bernal | Rafael.Bernal@mail.house.gov | 202-841-4844
Washington, D.C. -- Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration's unlawful military strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean:
For Immediate Release:
Date: October 10, 2025
Media Contact:
Rafael Bernal | Rafael.Bernal@mail.house.gov | 202-841-4844
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Demands Answers on the Undue Coercion of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Attorney General Pam Bondi expressing serious concern over reports that the Trump administration is offering $2,500 payments to unaccompanied migrant children in exchange for agreeing to “voluntarily” depart the United States.
For Immediate Release:
Date: October 2, 2025
Media Contact:
Rafael Bernal | Rafael.Bernal@mail.house.gov | 202-841-4844
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Leads 180 Democrats in Demanding Immediate Swearing-in for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07)
Washington, D.C. – Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Whip Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) led 180 Members of Congress, including all 20 Democratic ranking members, in a letter urging Speaker Mike Johnson to schedule swearing in for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) at the next pro forma session of the House of Representatives on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
For Immediate Release:
Date: September 30, 2025
Media Contact:
Rafael Bernal | Rafael.Bernal@mail.house.gov | 202-841-4844
Videos sent to a New York assemblywoman and an immigration advocate group shows an alleged ICE detention facility on the 10th floor of a federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan. According to the New York Immigration Coalition, individuals detained at the facility have been there for days and weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.
New York Democratic Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to investigate a New York City facility that’s become pivotal in the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
The House Democrats’ call for an investigation — and for DHS to stop using 26 Federal Plaza as a detention site — comes after Velázquez and Espaillat (who is the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) were denied access to the facility over two visits in June and July.
For Immediate Release:
Date: September 23, 2025
Media Contact:
Rafael Bernal | Rafael.Bernal@mail.house.gov | 202-841-4844
ICYMI: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Calls on U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Investigate Warrantless Immigration Stops
Washington, D.C. – The CHC submitted a formal letter urging an immediate investigation into the impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo on Latinos. The high court’s ruling allows federal agents to continue their practice of warrantless stops and detention of individuals simply based on factors like apparent ethnicity, language, or occupation.
For Immediate Release:
Date: September 16, 2025
Media Contact:
Rafael Bernal | Rafael.Bernal@mail.house.gov | 202-841-4844